I-85 fully reopens hours after vehicle crashes, overturns

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - All southbound lanes of Interstate 85 coming into Montgomery County have reopened several hours after a car crashed and rolled down an embankment.

Montgomery Fire/Rescue, the Waugh/Mount Meigs Volunteer Fire Department, and Alabama State Troopers responded to the scene.

Waugh/Mount Meigs VFD said the crash was between the Macon County line and Exit 16, the Waugh exit.

First responders on the scene of a vehicle crash at Exit 16 on Interstate 85. (Source: Montgomery Fire/Rescue)

Photos posted by the Montgomery Fire/Rescue show first responders on the scene near the vehicle, upside down in a ditch near the interstate. MFR said the driver was pulled from the vehicle and transported to a hospital via medical helicopter.

The victim suffered serious injuries and had to be transported via medical helicopter. (Source: Montgomery Fire/Rescue)

The victim, according to MFR, suffered serious injuries. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.